Our Lord is amazingly wonderful.

He frees us from bondage.
He reveals our innocence and heart.
He redeems us.
He strengthens us.
He gives us endurance to endure our prosecuters.
He gives us perserverance and patience.
He gives us wisdom and understanding.
He gives us grace both for ourselves and others.

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The other day, I made one of the boys cry at Timothy House. A couple of the boys were joking around, and one of the other boys thought I was laughing at him when I was merely laughing at the other boys. I didn´t realize it until I heard him talking to me. He said, "You are no longer my aunt!" and he had a stream of tears running down his cute little cheeks. It broke my heart and it was very hard because I had no idea what I had done at the time. Later on, I was able to apologize to him and explain and of course everything is fine now.

Even though it´s hard to hear what kids say at sometimes, sometimes in their anger they show their true feelings of love. It´s merely a reaction of being hurt and so then they want to hurt in return. See, he wouldn´t have said that if he didn´t actually view me as his aunt in his heart - before or now. It was one of the first times that I actually was able to see that I have touched this precious little boy in some way. He in particular made me doubt my value or level of influence because of his intense love for Bob, Joy, and Adela. When I first started coming, he was always with one of the 3. He adores, loves, appreciates, and cherishes them and time with them. I am so lucky and blessed that he has let me into his world.